''Milonia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
n
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...
in 1890.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Milonia albula''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Singapore
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Milonia brevipes''
Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Milonia hexastigma''
(Hasselt, 1882) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Milonia obtusa''
Thorell, 1892 – Singapore
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Milonia singaeformis''
(Hasselt, 1882) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Milonia tomosceles''
Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
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Milonia trifasciata''
Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Java, Borneo)
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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